Alleged Violations of Tobacco Control and Other Laws

Tobacco companies aggressively block, weaken, and undermine policies designed to protect public health and reduce tobacco use, and at times they have been found to work outside of countries’ laws. In multiple instances tobacco companies have been found to have violated the law.

In Kenya, British American Tobacco paid £50,000 to Kenyan politician Martha Karua to prevent a rival company supplying Kenya with technology to combat cigarette smuggling.